Last night I went to the FBC Home School graduation which is for the homeschoolers at my church. It was crazy to think that I was right there two years ago! There were some great speeches & special music done by them, and the pictures of their childhood were so great! Afterwards we went to the reception & ate some food and signed our friends memory books. I can't believe all my younger friends, the one I was a mentor to as a senior, have graduated now!
Madison, Melissa, Me, Liz & Anna

Me, Alison & Melissa (Future singing trio!)

Me, Tiffany & Melissa

The Class of 2009!

So happy!

I'm back to blogging, and it so feels good! I have to say I haven't been this happy in a long time; God has just been showing me so many things lately! I'm doing a Bible study on the Psalms of Ascent & I have learned so much! One of the verses that has been my favorite is Psalm 121:2-3 "My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of Heaven and Earth. May He not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!" This has really been a stronghold to me in the past few weeks while I've been struggling with some relationships. I finally broke up with my boyfriend Jon almost two weeks ago. It was really hard at first because I was so hurt about everything, but within a few days I had such a peace about my decision. He really wasn't what God wanted for my life, and now I know there is someone waiting that is better and definitely more Christ-like. These verses have made me realize that God NEVER leaves my side. He won't allow me stumble and fall and not get up. He doesn't take a ten minute break from my life and just rest, no, he is constantly guiding me. I have really been praying for wisdom and guidance in my life as I'm overwhelmed with some things, but I know the Lord will show me what to do! I'm making new Christian friends that have already been an encouragement to me and I thank the Lord for them! I'm also re-joining my church choir since I've taken about about a 9-10 month break! It's awesome to see how God is using me in music at church. I sing in the college praise band and we are going to start playing in some of the high school summer events, the Friday night college service we're starting, and then maybe even at our new South campus, so I'm busy but I enjoy it. My vacation last week wasn't exactly what I expected... My family and I took a week at New Smyrna Beach and it rained the entire time! It was like a monsoon! They were shutting off roads from flooding, there was a tornado (thankfully it wasn't around our condo), and 30 mph winds. Craziness! Though I was disappointed I didn't get to lay out on the beach, I watched a lot of movies and went shopping a lot, and I even got to see my friend Chelsey who lives there! I will post pictures soon. I hope everyone has a great weekend =)

Ready for vacation...

I haven't been much in a blogging mood lately... Just too much stuff going on in my life right now! But I'm going on vacation Sunday so I thought I should update =) I DO have to say I'm excited about going to our timeshare in New Smyrna Beach for a whole week! Yes! I just get to relax at the beach, go shopping, maybe go to a theme park in Orlando... Who knows? I'm going to bring several books along, one of which I'm halfway through already: Wicked! Yes, I'm a Wicked fanatic. Seen the play twice already and LOVE the soundtrack! The book is VERY different than the musical though... I'm surprised at how many things don't line up, but the book is still good. I'm also going to try to read Obsessed by Ted Dekker, who is a great author! (I recommend his books!)

So I do have an update with my boyfriend and I... We haven't really broken up yet. We were definitely on the verge for a couple of weeks, but we've settled a lot of stuff, and SO far we are still together. Next month we will have been together a year so we'll see how everything goes. I'm still praying about the situation, so pray for me as well! I'm hoping to go to Europe with him and his family this summer, possibly Paris and Italy, which are some of my dream places. So hopefully that works out! So anyways, I'll be gone from this Sunday, the 17th, to the 24th. I'll post pictures when I get back =)

New Chapters

Are new chapters a good or bad thing? Sometimes I wonder lol. I think it's a little of both, just bittersweet. Last week I sang in my last chorale concert with FCCJ. It was a great concert and I will definitely miss my friends, but I'm excited to start a new chapter with school: Cosmetology! I will start that in August, learning about how to style hair, the techniques of make-up, and nails of course =) My goal is to do general hair several days a week, and on the weekends do bridal stuff! Then later on in life I would like to own my own day spa, complete with massage, nails, hair, and make-up!

Last night, the college department from my church had a girl's night out, which was a blast! We went over to a leader's house an painted our nails, ate, danced, got in the hot tub, and had fun just talking about girly stuff! I will post pictures when I get them. I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend!

Dana, Victoria, & Me

Brandea, Me, & Chelsey

Bethany, Me, & Jerly

Emily & I

Anamaria & I
I did a new eyeshadow look one day =)